Official Name: | Zgornje Poljčane |
Other Name: | Poljčane (until 1957) |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Drava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Poljčane |
Area Total Km2: | 4.14 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 815 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.3027°N 15.5835°W |
Elevation M: | 276 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Zgornje Poljčane (pronounced as /sl/, formerly Poljčane, de|Pöltschach[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Poljčane in northeastern Slovenia. It lies at the foothills of Mount Boč on the right bank of the Dravinja River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]
The name of the settlement was changed from Poljčane to Zgornje Poljčane in 1957.[4] The change was made because a new settlement called Poljčane was created that same year, when the former villages of Maharska Vas and Pekel were merged into a single settlement.[5] [6]
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Holy Cross and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a Romanesque building dating to the late 12th century. It has a Gothic belfry. In 1895 the church was extended and re-orientated with a complete new nave added. The sanctuary of the original church was converted to a side chapel.[7]